{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1305",
  "lemma": "בָּרַר",
  "transliteration": "bârar",
  "definition": "to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select",
  "kjv": "make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self)…",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּרַר] vb. purify, select",
    "Qal",
    "1. purge out, purify",
    "2. choose, select, only Pt. and in Chronicler",
    "3. cleanse, make shining, polish",
    "4. test, prove",
    "Niph. purify oneself",
    "Pi. purify",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. purify, cleanse",
    "2. polish arrows",
    "Hithp.",
    "1. purify oneself",
    "2. shew oneself pure, just, kind"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:27",
      "text": "With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 49:2",
      "text": "He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 52:11",
      "text": "Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/52?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 4:11",
      "text": "At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/4?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 51:11",
      "text": "“Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! The LORD has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 20:38",
      "text": "I will purge out from among you the rebels and those who disobey me. I will bring them out of the land where they live…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/20?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zephaniah 3:9",
      "text": "For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the LORD’s name, to serve him shoulder to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 18:27",
      "text": "With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 33:3",
      "text": "My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/33?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 3:18",
      "text": "I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/3?v=18"
    }
  ],
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